Today I Learned...

[Captain Snooze]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Earth is a name
Dirt is earth.
The dirt earth is called that because it makes up the planet Earth.
Also it just the English language that confuses the two.
Oh and "Earth" is not it's name for everybody anyway just the English speakers.

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

True, If I remember correctly from my Astronomy class all those decades ago, neither the Earth nor the Moon have official scientifically accepted common names.

Originally Posted by 86-75309

Common dandelions and most dirtworms aren't native to North America either!

Ftfy.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by spcmafia

TIL, after a not so fun weekend at the hospital with Mrs Mafia and her gallstones on how much it sucks to work in a Hospital. The crazy patients, the asshole family members, puke, blood all over the place, google doctors.



Granted some staff are better than others, and I don't know what battles they are fighting, but man, the things you see and hear.

yeah, i know a few nurses. the stories. actually, the most interesting stories are the one's where drug addicts get admitted under phantom conditions and "try to remember this one drug that might help"...

another long story short, my sister in law loves to research everything. when their 2 year old daughter started running a fever, she googled. kept coming up with a super-rare condition that can result in death, or paralyzed for life. i bet most can imagine what kind of road that brings a parent down... turns out it was just a bad flu...

but when she starts saying how she googles medical stuff, she's not so offended now when i start laughing before she gets to the 'results'

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by JD001

Today I learned that in a few months time Americans will have 31 less M1 Abrams tanks..

Oh well, they were fuel guzzlers anyway -

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Spuds

TIL that I bought a bunch of differential gaskets sometime before 2019...

https://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=128251

Now I just need to search my garage for them...

Edit:. Found them! Not where they were supposed to be of course...

Yep, old age is ah creeping up on ya fer sure -

[Wally86]

Originally Posted by Spuds

TIL that I bought a bunch of differential gaskets sometime before 2019...

https://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=128251

Now I just need to search my garage for them...

Edit:. Found them! Not where they were supposed to be of course...

I do this more than I want to admit especially for my less visited hobbies in the garage. Now I just check my amazon purchases first and then go hunting in the house

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by JD001

Today I learned that in a few years time Americans will have 31 less M1 Abrams tanks..

Fify. Needs to have export-able armor package iirc, and I don't think the US keeps those in inventory.

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by Wally86

I do this more than I want to admit especially for my less visited hobbies in the garage. Now I just check my amazon purchases first and then go hunting in the house

I have random parts everywhere. Sitting at my desk I have my AIM Solo sitting to my left. My main drawer has a front main seal, header gaskets, FP/OP gaskets, forged clutch fork and pivot. Drawer to the right of the has my PA quick release splitter mounts and splitter rod clevis. Below that my OBDlink and XGPS160. Next to my desk is my long acre camber gauge and splitter rod material. I just went down stairs to check the thread pitch for the exhaust manifold studs on a long block I have sitting in the warehouse.

[Wally86]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

I have random parts everywhere. Sitting at my desk I have my AIM Solo sitting to my left. My main drawer has a front main seal, header gaskets, FP/OP gaskets, forged clutch fork and pivot. Drawer to the right of the has my PA quick release splitter mounts and splitter rod clevis. Below that my OBDlink and XGPS160. Next to my desk is my long acre camber gauge and splitter rod material. I just went down stairs to check the thread pitch for the exhaust manifold studs on a long block I have sitting in the warehouse.

I knew it wasn't just me

[JD001]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Fify. Needs to have export-able armor package iirc, and I don't think the US keeps those in inventory.

I'm hoping that it's not "years", I want the war to end as it is really screwing up my plans!! Being really selfish here..

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

I have random parts everywhere. Sitting at my desk I have my AIM Solo sitting to my left. My main drawer has a front main seal, header gaskets, FP/OP gaskets, forged clutch fork and pivot. Drawer to the right of the has my PA quick release splitter mounts and splitter rod clevis. Below that my OBDlink and XGPS160. Next to my desk is my long acre camber gauge and splitter rod material. I just went down stairs to check the thread pitch for the exhaust manifold studs on a long block I have sitting in the warehouse.

Also thanks!

I really need one of those check the thread boards they have at hardware stores. If it screws in, you found the right one. If not, keep looking.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

I have random parts everywhere. Sitting at my desk I have my AIM Solo sitting to my left. My main drawer has a front main seal, header gaskets, FP/OP gaskets, forged clutch fork and pivot. Drawer to the right of the has my PA quick release splitter mounts and splitter rod clevis. Below that my OBDlink and XGPS160. Next to my desk is my long acre camber gauge and splitter rod material. I just went down stairs to check the thread pitch for the exhaust manifold studs on a long block I have sitting in the warehouse.

Originally Posted by Wally86

I knew it wasn't just me

Amateurs
When you have random parts that have been kicking around with no purpose for 45 years we will talk.

[Wally86]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Amateurs
When you have random parts that have been kicking around with no purpose for 45 years we will talk.

What you're saying is.... you have parts older than me?

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Wally86

What you're saying is.... you have parts older than me?

Well the part is 58 years old I only have had it for 45 years.

[Wally86]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Well the part is 58 years old I only have had it for 45 years.

So just a trio of years younger than my mom. Cool cool cool